Bicentennial of the Spanish Expeditions to the Northwest Coasts
1771–1991
[Upper Marker]:
Pedro de Alberni, Captain of the Catalan Volunteers and Commander of the Spanish Establishment at Santa Cruz de Nootka, 1790-1792.
Offered by the Government of Spain on the occasion of the visit of the Spanish training ship “Juan Sebastian el Cano” to the province of British Columbia, April 1991.
[Lower Marker]:
Generalitat de Catalunya
The Autonomous Government of Catalonia joins this bicentennial celebration in remembrance of Captain Pere d’Alberni, who significantly contributed to the creation of an establishment at Nootka Sound, fostering good will between the settlers and the indigenous people. (Born in Tortosa in 1747, died in Monterey, California, in 1802.)
Marker can be reached from Alberni Harbour Quay.
Courtesy hmdb.org
